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Old November 21st 05, 12:08 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Richard Fry
 
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Default AM Commercial radio reception

"CWB" wrote:
Just a FYI...the contour maps at Radio-Locator.com are WRONG
....the LOCAL on FM maps is actually the distant or Service Contour
(1mv or 60dbu level)..LOCAL is defined as City Grade or 70dbu or
3.16mV level...which they do not show..On AM, they show lower
levels on the map as well.

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Their maps DO correctly show the distances to the contours for the field
strengths they identify. Radio-Locator picked different field strength
values for the "local" etc contours than those used by the FCC, but that
doesn't invalidate the Radio-Locator maps.

And their choices are reasonable. For example on AM, a 2.5 mV/m signal
(Radio-Locator's local contour) does provide good service to a typical cheap
table radio inside a home in an urban setting.